“A brilliant opportunity to establish a Mental Capacity Act Community of Practice.”
Would you like to nominate or become a member of the new ‘community of practice’ being established to lead a trauma informed implementation of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) across the city of Leeds?
They are looking for members from the VCSE sectors to be part of this group which will meet to review and develop a city-wide approach. Community of Practice members should be of sufficient seniority to influence and implement learnings, for example team or service manager level.
The date of the inaugural community of practice is 10 September 2024 2pm-4pm, online via Microsoft Teams.
Purpose of the MCA Practice Community
To lead a trauma informed implementation of the Mental Capacity Act across the city of Leeds by:
- Representing a wide range of organisations committed to a greater understanding of and the lawful implementation of the Mental Capacity Act via trauma informed practice.
- Upholding a set of values and how which will ensure that the MCA practice community in Leeds is human rights oriented and meaningful, that organisations take responsibility for the lawful implementation of the Act and that senior leaders can be reassured that their organisations are confident and competent in this arena.
- Acting as a practice development resource by gathering learning from across the region and nationally.
- Bringing together committed and experienced individuals who have a desire to work collaboratively to improve MCA practice, providing an opportunity to build relationships and reduce variance in practice by promoting and sharing experience and best practice.
- Working as an extra layer of governance for organisations seeking to embed a trauma informed approach to practice approach into the framework of the Mental Capacity Act.
- Acting in a supportive and advisory capacity for each other to enable the practice community to grow meaningfully and realistically.
- Supporting and informing evidence based practiced including leading and supporting research projects aimed at improving quality of care through effective use of the mental Capacity Act.
The MCA exists in a wider framework of practitioners working alongside people to arrive at decisions which promote their wellbeing. Supported decision making, in its broadest sense, is integral to the work of practitioners across Social Care, Health and the Third Sector. The skills and techniques, together with the utilisation of aids and equipment to facilitate this, is a developing area of practice.
Contact
if you’re interested in being part of or nominating to the community of practice please contact Maxine Naismith by emailing [email protected].
Further information
Read the following documents for more details:
- MCA Practice Community Letter – An invitation of nominations to the community of practice, addressed to the Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB) members.
- Mental Capacity Act Community of Practice – Terms of Reference – This outlines the legal responsibilities in terms of the Act, and the aims of the new initiative.
Meeting Structure
(Extract from the terms of reference)
The Practice Community will meet on a bi-monthly basis for the duration of 2 hours, the meetings will be co-facilitated by system leaders from Leeds City Council, Leeds Integrated Care Board, Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust and Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust.
Meetings will be recorded so that these can be used as a developmental resource.
An action log will be maintained identifying key themes and potential gaps, these will be fed into the Leeds Safeguarding Adult Board or relevant LSAB sub-groups.
